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Crewel embroidery, or
crewelwork, is a type of
surface embroidery using wool. A wide
variety of
different embroidery stitches are used to
follow a design...
- new
forms of
silver such as teapots, as well as
colourful Indian-style
crewelwork bed-hangings and curtains.
Other developments in the
Restoration period...
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Hungarian Kalotaszeg "written embroidery",
Jacobean embroidery, and
crewelwork.
Chain stitch was the
stitch used by
early sewing machines; however, as...
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embroidery Southwestern United States Cotton or
linen cloth, wool
thread Crewelwork Great Britain Chain stitch,
couched stitches,
knotted stitches, satin...
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recurring themes include exotic Tree of Life
patterns influenced by
earlier crewelwork and
chinoiserie with its
fanciful imagery of an
imaginary China, asymmetry...
- house. A
continental turned beechwood stool, late 17th century, with a
crewelwork cover, was
located in this room. One of the two
guest rooms is dominated...
- Journal. They also
published the
books Traditional Embroidery and
Jacobean Crewelwork "by Penelope",
which were
created with Lady Smith-Dorrien. In 1922, William...
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arrived from the east via the
Santa Fe Trail. Also
arriving were
samples of
crewelwork and
later commercial patterns and stencils.
These encouraged embroiderers...
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Although none of the
garments she
constructed are
known to survive, a set of
crewelwork bed
furnishings decorated with
vines and
flowers are
preserved in the...
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winning prizes at
school competitions for
their lacework,
embroidery and
crewelwork. In 1906,
Alcorn and her
sister Margaret opened a shop in the new Kennedy...
